If journalism were a park, what sort of park would it be? Strange question? Maybe, but how we answer it could help determine how we approach the future of journalism.

Last week at a conference in Stanford, NYU journalism professor Jay Rosen used a tale of two parks to discuss how the Internet has reshaped journalism. He first described the pristine, quiet, private Gramercy Park, a gated green space that most New Yorkers aren’t allowed to visit , and compared it to the grittier, vibrant, public Washington Square Park near NYU’s campus.

In the wake of the D.C. Circuit’s opinion in Comcast v. FCC, the FCC faces a difficult decision. Behind door No. 1 is reclassification, which will require the agency to tackle head-on stiff political opposition from broadband carriers. Behind door No. 2 is the empty shell of ancillary authority, which will risk further court losses and ultimately a tarnished legacy.

Americans for the Arts brings advocates who are working in the arts to Washington, D.C., for a one-day conference every year. The conference gives people a 101 training in doing advocacy work and the current issues that are affecting all aspects of the arts, from funding to creation to distribution.

On Tuesday, the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship held a hearing on federal efforts to extend high-speed Internet access to small co